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Thursday, 25 April 2013

Hi Everyone, today it is my great pleasure to host fellow Liquid Silver Books author Christy Gissendaner. Christyis going to share her new release Having Cake along with some of the places she gets her inspirations.

Location,
Location, Location

It’s true in real estate, but the
same also applies to writing fiction. A strong sense of location can help carry
a novel. Whether it’s Regency England or sunny San Francisco, where an author
bases their tale lends a lot to a story.

For me, I find myself visiting (and
often revisiting) my personal favorite locations. Atlanta and Vegas are two
settings I often use. For my latest work, Having
Cake, I decided to use Gatlinburg. It’s a location I’ve recently started
vacationing in and it couldn’t be more perfect for my “love in a hot tub”
story.

If you’ve ever visited the Smoky
Mountains, you’ll appreciate my enjoyment. With quaint retail shops and nature
galore, Gatlinburg is a mecca for tourists who enjoy the quieter side of life.
But be forewarned…the twisting, narrow mountain roads are not for the faint of
heart!

I’ve visited many cities in
Tennessee. Memphis and Nashville are great, but the slow pace of Smoky living
never fails to please me. Ole Smoky Moonshine, where you can get free tastes of
white lightnin’ and the delectable
candy shops are must-see stops while you’re in town. Meg, the heroine in Having Cake, owns a candy store with
taffy as her specialty. Her career was inspired by the mountain taffy, which
you can see being pulled daily in downtown Gatlinburg. It’s a special treat,
one my boys love to watch. It’s sticky as all get-out, but oh so yummy.

And how can you forget the hot tubs?
There is nothing better than ending the evening with a quick dip in an outdoor
hot tub, overlooking the mountain vista. And if you choose to enjoy it with two
sexy men (like Meg), that’s entirely up to you!

Bio:

Christy Gissendaner is a
romantic comedy author and believes that laughter and love should go hand in
hand. She lives in Alabama with her husband and three sons and is always hard
at work on her next novel. In her spare time, Christy loves blackjack, karaoke,
and anything resembling a vacation!

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Hi everyone, I would like to introduce my
great friend Maggie Nash. We go back a long way and it’s exciting to have her
as my very first guest. Maggie is going to share with us, Reading in all the Best Places. She also has a new book Kinky Bet coming out very soon.

READING IN ALL THE BEST PLACES

By Maggie Nash

Thank you so much for inviting me here
today Layne.I’m always hard to shut up,
as you know…hahaha…so when you asked me to drop by how could I refuse?

I’m talking about a topic that is very near
and dear to my heart. Reading in crazy places.

There are so many different places you can
read. That’s the great thing about it. All you need is a book or a reading
device, and enough light.I’ve heard of
people reading at the top of trees, in lifts, in church, in the bathroom, and
even “shock horror”, while
driving.Some of the strangest places
I’ve seen people reading include that one time when a committee I was on
decided to go out to dinner. We didn’t know each other well at the time, but
after we sat down and were getting acquainted, one of the committee members
pulled out a book from her handbag, turned her back on the rest of us and
started reading it. To say we were
gobsmacked is an understatement!

Okay, I
can understand being so involved in a book that I have to keep reading it, no
matter what, so maybe I shouldn’t be so harsh. There was that time that I was
driving home from work and kept opening the book to read it when I was stopped
at traffic lights. I got beeped so many times that day!Don’t do that at home folks! In my defence, I
had been working night shift and reading the book at work and I was in a brain
fog from lack of sleep!

So go on
folks – tell me your secrets. What crazy places have you been caught reading?

One lucky
commenter will be chosen to win an advanced copy of my April 29 release “Kinky
Bet” – so go ahead and spill!

(I have to thank the very lovely Lami
Mentzas for the topic. When I sent out a call for ideas she responded almost
immediately. What a great topic – thanks Lami! Where else do you get a blog
topic from but on Facebook?)

BIO:

I’m Maggie
Nash and I write romance novels. Some of them are suspenseful, some are
pretty hot, and some of them are a little bit kinky, but what they all have in
common is a fun, romantic ending. I started writing more by accident than
design when one day I ran out of books to read so I started writing one myself.
And boy am I glad I did, because writing has become a huge part of my life. I
live with my family on the beautiful south coast of New South Wales in
Australia. You can find me most days having a cappuccino at the beach!